Saturday, December 20, 2014

Liturgical Dance Will Build Your Church

It's not easy. You want to build your congregation and you know that Liturgical Dance is the way forward. But how do you get there? Simple, sign up for a workshop at Abbey of the Arts. This is what you get, for a mere $375:

"Together we will explore how the healing power of such tools as guided imagery, body awareness, dream work, ritual, poetry, journal writing, visual art, movement, song, and storytelling enrich our own spiritual lives and our work in spiritual direction by giving us access to another language with which to encounter the divine presence within. Participants will develop comfort and skills in using these tools."

Some people think that there's a lot of "dream work" and "story telling" in the church as it is, to say nothing of anything else.

Did Christ or his apostles dance publicly? We know that in Herod's castle, there were dancing women present almost all of the time.

I'm not opposed to dancing in the slightest, but in church it is a spectacle. Does that add to the Spirit or does it detract from it? The Arch Bishop would have more street creds than you or I, but when you consider that he bought his office -- what does the title mean?

I watched the video. I am not sure why "art-making as pilgrimage" is heretical, but perhaps you could explain.

I saw mostly late-middle-aged women there, and I wonder if the church is meeting their needs, offering something that is appropriate for their stage is in life beyond being a grandmother and doing the flower for the Altar Guild.